#BCBC3A#BCBC3A

#BCBC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC3A
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -15.56, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 64.26, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0489 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4873, 46.9645, 10.9872)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3A #3A3ABC

analogous

#BC7B3A #BCBC3A #7BBC3A

triadic

#BCBC3A #3ABCBC #BC3ABC

tetradic

#BCBC3A #3ABC7B #3A3ABC #BC3A7B

square

#BCBC3A #3ABC7B #3A3ABC #BC3A7B

split-complementary

#BCBC3A #3A7BBC #7B3ABC

monochromatic

#5E5E1D #8D8D2C #BCBC3A #CFCF64 #DEDE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3A	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf78',
    500: '#bcbc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3a;
$custom-light: #d4cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77195,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3A

secondary

#8989C9

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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